Where: South Africa (28.4° S, 32.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° S, 18.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: St Lucia Formation, Middle Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Presumably from the St Lucia Fm, which regionally overlies the Umzamba Fm. THICKNESS: Unknown bed and section thickness. AGE: Coniacian II-III = Middle Coniacian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Kennedy & Klinger in 1970-1971; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Collected by authors (W. Kennedy and H. Klinger) during 1970-1971. REPOSITORY: BMNH.
Primary reference: H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy. 1989. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Placenticeratidae Hyatt, 1900; with comments on the systematic position of the genus Hypengonoceras Spath, 1924. Annals of the South African Museum 98(9):241-408 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82451: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
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Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) theobaldianum1 Stolickza 1865 ammonite SUBSPECIES: K. (K.) theobaldianum crassicostata
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Placenticeras kaffrarium Etheridge 1904 ammonite |